It's not just about the cost though. They're inferior to pretty much any other mid-range or high-end smartphone too. Expensive but good would be fine. Cheap and mediocre would be fine. Expensive and mediocre though? Nah.

My £250 used phone has a faster processor, more RAM, better screen (higher resolution, brighter, bigger and higher frame rate), and a higher capacity battery with faster charging. It's a mid-range Xiaomi from a couple years ago, not a high end or flagship phone.

They should take notes from pinephone. Offers something unusual at a low cost. Since enthusiasts eat that stuff up you get extra help with software and ROMs too. Yes it's low spec, but it's good enough for enthusiasts to play with and is of good value as the price reflects the quality.

Screen is too large for me, would be nice to see a small Fairphone

But my current phone can already send messages...

I'll tell my mom that

I would rather buy nokia with ifixit partnership and save hundreds of euros. for me it's about the money 700€ is a shit ton of money

edit: okay after looking moreninto nokia phones (or hmd phones, maker of current nokias) I would propably hold my money until they release something new and good which isnt too expensive, currently their lineup is a bit weird. but they do make the phones mostly from recycled materials and I like the idea of that company. (mostly cuz it's finnish and even stores the data in finland so no china involved)

I mean if you keep a FP5 for it's entire service life it's actually a pretty damn cheap phone. If all goes well maybe a couple of battery changes tops.

The message that we approve of the removal of the headphone jack done in order to peddle wireless headphones...

Still not convinced they're for sale in my region.

I want a headphone jack.

I'm poor

Sure, as soon as they sell them in North America with a normal OS

I have a fairphone